Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

SeahawkFever wrote: ↑Fri Sep 12, 2025 10:40 pm Jock Sutherland has a career record of 12 games above .500; nobody who finished their head coaching career between 1933 and 1965 or earlier with no playoff appearances has a career record of more than five games over .500.

The fact that he did with two chronic losers is certainly impressive.

1920 to 1932, the beginning of the NFL, leather or no helmets, completely different shaped ball, forward passing was in caveman days, Red Grange and Ernie Nevers, revolving door of teams in and out of the league from year to year, no NFL title game, no divisions, no official stats kept. 1933 to 194...

I know you guys don't agree. but the 96 Pack were an overrated team (although slightly better than the 97 version). Denver and Jacksonville would have defeated them, and the Pats could have as well if Parcells' heart was in it (a Pat fan on Reddit said that he may have threw that SB. He had one foo...

RichardBak wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 3:27 pm
Personally, I love the 1950-70 era the best.

I basically agree with that, though if I had to tighten it I'd just vote for 1960-69.

If pressed to extend my favorite era a little, I'd say 1950-77, until the rule changes, the 16-game schedule and the addition of the first extra wild card teams.

Dan Pastorini starting QB and punted through 1976 Danny White starting QB and punted through 1984. Although a part time punter in '83 and a part time QB in '84 Oh, you're right! I had forgotten that Pastorini was ever a punter, and I got confused and thought White stopped punting when he took over ...

SixtiesFan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 1:29 am Donny Anderson punted as well as played running back for the Packers.

Good one. He beats out Walker and Barney as the last full-time starter to double as a punter.

Good stuff, everybody. So it looks like McInally was the last punter who spent any substantial time at another position, edging out Danny White, but Blanda is still the last kicker to qualify. At least until somebody finds another qualifier. I had forgotten all about Barney as a punter, though I was...

This question occurred to me yesterday, and these were the guys I came up with . . . Last punter who played another position: Danny White, 1978-79. Just a backup QB, yes, but he did play. He threw 30-some passes each season and also led a comeback win in a 1978 playoff game -- against the Falcons, i...

The other day I was looking at Sam Huff's stats and noticed that he picked off 30 passes in his 13-year career, which seemed like quite a good number for a linebacker. So I checked a bunch of other guys from his era (not from recent years when interceptions are so much less common) -- Joe Schmidt, B...

The most common way supporters describe Jay Hlgenberg's career is to say he played in the Pro Bowl seven years in a row (after the 1985-91 seasons). That's true, but I think it understates his impact. At that time there were two major organizations that chose annual all-conference teams by polling s...